Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #557

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a good week!  We're still basking in the sunshine here and I will totally enjoy every minute of it!  The leaves have been beautiful and the views from our latest hike were incredible!  I'll post some photos below!  The mountain is called The Fortress and man it was tough but so amazing once we made it to the top!  My husband and I are also celebrating our 20th anniversary today!  I can't believe it's been 20 years!  Time flies!

We've got a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our hostess this week is Jacquie Southas!  Jacquie creates amazing cards and the one she's made this week is just incredible!  Head over to her blog to check it out!  

So the mojo definitely isn't flowing this week.  I had several different cards in mind but I tried to "get them down on paper" and that did not work.  I decided I would work with some plaid paper and add some leaves in - voila!  A fall'ish card!  Hoping the mojo decides to make an appearance at some point this week!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic White, Rich Razzleberry, Mango Melody

DSP: Plaid Tidings

Other: Intricate Leaves Dies (SU), Stitched So Sweetly Dies (SU), Bitty Buzzwords Honey Cuts(Honey Bee Stamps)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 
I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge!  We would love to see what you come up with!  The Design Team has some great cards posted to inspire your creativity!

Enjoy the views from The Fortress!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #553

Happy Wednesday!  

I hope you're having a great week!  Fall has been in the air a few times over the last week!  The mountains got snow which means our turn is just around the corner!  I'm not quite ready for that yet!  I could use a bit more summer but now that the house is decorated for fall I'm totally ready to embrace it!  

We've got a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our hostess this week is our favourite French designer Cecile Ribon!  She is the queen of amazing diecuts so head over to her blog and check out her gorgeous creations!  

I loved Cecile's sketch and had to try a few things to find a combo of elements I was good with!  I wanted a fall card but this isn't the card I made first!  That's the one you'll see below!  This was my second card!  I love fall cards but struggled to get the placement of the leaves just right.  The perfectionist in me wanted to give up but I'm learning to just let some things go!  A few things anyhow!  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Gold Foil

Stamps: Give Thanks (Concord & 9th)

Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Other: Intricate Leaves Dies, Seasonal Layers Dies, Harvest Dies, Double Stitched Squares, Gold Sequins, Blending Brushes

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge!  We sure love seeing your cards each and every week!

The Design Team has got some amazing cards on the blog that hopefully will inspire you!

I can't wait to see what you create!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #552

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a wonderful week!  It's been beautiful here lately.  We had a few smokey days from the many wildfires that are burning through Alberta, BC and down into Montana but it seems clearer now!  We've been so fortunate to have a nice, clear summer this year.  We won't complain about a few smokey days!

We've got a new challenge at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  I am your hostess this week and I hope you like my sketch and will join in and play along with us!  I always love seeing each one of your cards!

I wanted to do a fall card.  This isn't exactly what I had in mind but I definitely love the colours!  That gold is one of my favourites for fall!  I bought this paper at our local scrapbook store a couple of weeks ago and couldn't wait to use it!  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Hello Honey, Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler

Patterned Paper: Plaid Fever and Falling for Fall (both from Echo Park Paper)

Stamps: Fall Foliage (Reverse Confetti)

Ink: Early Espresso

Other: Intricate Leaves Dies, Seasonal Layers Dies, Twine, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I sure hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge.  The Design Team has created some amazing cards that will definitely inspire you!

Have a fantastic day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #507

Hello and happy Wednesday!

Oh it's been one of those weeks and I totally didn't realize that yesterday was Tuesday and I should be getting a blog post ready.  We celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday so we had a holiday which meant that yesterday really felt like Monday instead of Tuesday.  Holiday Mondays always leave me confused for the rest of the week!!!  I think I'm back on track now though.

We have a fabulous new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  Our hostess is the amazing Judy Rozema!  Judy creates the most fabulous cards!  You definitely need to head over to her blog to check them out!  

Thankfully another week and another card that I came together more easily than normal!  I needed an anniversary card for my husband!  We celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary yesterday and were able to actually go to a restaurant to celebrate (another reason why I didn't get the blog post done!!!)! Anyhow, because we got married in the fall my husband will forever get fall themed anniversary cards!  Lucky him!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Bumblebee, Cajun Craze, Gold Foil

DSP: In Good Taste

Stamp: Forever and Always

Ink: Early Espresso

Other: Intricate Leaves Dies, Always Dies, Double Stitched Circles, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the cards that have been created for your inspiration! We do hope you'll join in our challenge this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen